Set to launch in Spring 2025, Elevate is an Inclusive Post-Secondary Education Program (IPSE) that will provide a person-centered campus experience for students with intellectual disabilities opportunities to ‘think and do’ in order to enrich academic knowledge, transform career and occupational skills, and advance personal and social development.
General Info
Inclusive Post-Secondary Education Program (IPSE)
4-year certificate program for students with IDD
Scholarships offered to supplement tuition
Will foster self-determination, dignity of experience, and supported decision-making
Be a legal resident of the state of North Carolina
Be at least 18 years of age at the time of admission
Currently or have been eligible for Special Education services and entitled to a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) through an Individualized Education Program (IEP) under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004.
Must be identified with an Intellectual Disability
Interested students who meet the stated eligibility criteria must submit an online application
Based on review of the application and additional submitted materials, a select number of applicants will be invited for an on campus interview
All eligible applicants who have completed the entire admissions process will be discussed by an admissions committee who will have the final decisionin recommending the names of the students to be admitted into the program.
Six students will be admitted in Spring 2025. The program will launch as a commuter only program. Residential options will be available in Fall 2025.
Introducing NC State’s Inclusive Post-Secondary Education Program
As part of the new state budget finalized in October 2023, NC State University has been allocated $3 million to establish an education, training and workforce program for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities that will launch in 2025. The NC State Educational Opportunities Program will be a university-wide initiative that is administratively housed in NC State’s College of Education.
Through Elevate, we’ll expand our service to a new group of students and families and create additional pathways for them to earn their academic credentials, develop skills and gain experiences that will prepare them for lifelong success.
Paola Sztajn and Doneka Scott
Educational Opportunities Program Planning Committee Co-chairs
